Dr. Damien P. Williams, MagusJun 29, 2023

Unsurprised that the conservative majorty on this Supreme Court struck down affirmative action. I'm Anti-surprised, in fact. They'll likely do the same thing to student debt relief, later today or tomorrow.

It'll take about 3 years to see the full effects of today's decision across the higher education landscape; these justices won't care then, either.

If you want real remedies for centuries of inequity, inequality, and injustice, this court isn't where you need to go.

Hit the ballot box, the city council chambers, or the streets, instead.

What a sad mess.

Show threadDr. Damien P. Williams, Magus
Gonna try to stay offline for a while today.
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Show threadDr. Damien P. Williams, MagusJun 29, 2023

Before I go, though, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissent in today's affirmative action decision starts on page 209, here:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/20-1199_hgdj.pdf

And you should really read it.

Show threadDr. Damien P. Williams, MagusJun 29, 2023

When i say 3 years i mean three years. That's the time it will take for for a large enough proportion of current undergrads and grads to matriculate out and the inherent systemic and personal prejudicial biases about race and gender to even more strongly reassert themselves in a clear way in admissions numbers throughout undergraduate, graduate, post graduate programs.

The effects on students' and faculty members' mental and emotional health will be immediate and ongoing, but the details of the extent of systemic picture is only going to be fully visible in about three years.

Show threadGeorge StationJun 29, 2023

@Wolven Thanks for the pointer. For Californians, p. 209 is... symbolic! In any case, I want to read her opinion first. (I work this morning and the reading comes later today.)

And let's expect Sandra Day O'Connor's cutesy 2003 opinion to be misinterpreted profusely and often for a few days. I need to reread that one. It rankled at the time.

From earlier decisions—Bush v. Gore (2000) comes to mind—I recommend that folks actually "get around to" reading today's decision and all the opinions.

Show threadRuth StarkmanJun 29, 2023
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Show threadNicholas WeaverJun 29, 2023
@Wolven
Useful trick, add #page=209 to the end of the URL makes it jump automatically there:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/20-1199_hgdj.pdf#page=209
like so. You can edit your post to add that in, and thanks for giving this information!
Show threadDr. Damien P. Williams, MagusJun 29, 2023
@ncweaver i don't have edit functionality, and i am genuinely not in the headspace. Have a good day.
Show threadIsraelJun 29, 2023
@Wolven That dissent was a great read. I hope it will be used tear down the majority's decision in the near future.
Show threadTerri GivensJun 29, 2023
@Wolven
“Ignoring race will not equalize a society that is racially unequal. What was true in the 1860s, and again in 1954, is true today. Equality requires acknowledgment of inequality.” Justice Sotomayor
Show threadGwyn CieslaJun 29, 2023

@Wolven I love her writing. I hope I'm never on the wrong side of her pen.

This dissent should be required reading for everyone.

Show threadKatylouJul 4, 2023
@Wolven it’s devastating - and clearly lays out how wrong the majority opinion is.
Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Jun 29, 2023
@Wolven take care! 👋
Show threadEthan MarcotteJun 29, 2023
@Wolven 💜
Show threadSarah "Neila" ElkinsJun 29, 2023
@Wolven *super mega ultra hugs* I am going to distract myself by trying to write some so I wont be screaming. Gonna scream into my manuscripts. Take care of yourself. *bonus hugs*